Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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